Distribution of mandates between electoral districts

(1) A council shall distribute the mandates between the electoral districts, based on the number of voters according to the information held in the population register as at 1 June of the election year, as follows:

1) the total number of voters shall be divided by the number of council members;
2) the number of voters in an electoral district shall be divided by the number obtained as a result of the calculation specified in clause 1) of this subsection;
3) each electoral district shall be awarded a particular number of mandates in correspondence with the integer of the number obtained as a result of the calculation made according to clause 2) of this subsection;
4) mandates which are not distributed pursuant to clause 3) of this subsection shall be distributed on the basis of the largest-remainder rule, using the fractions of numbers obtained as a result of the calculation specified in clause 2) of this subsection.

(2) In Tallinn, half of the mandates shall be divided equally among the electoral districts, taking account of the principle that the number of district mandates is the smallest whole number which can be divided by the number of the electoral districts which is at least half of all the mandates. The remaining mandates shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, taking into account that the total number of voters shall be divided by the number of the mandates which have not been divided.
[RT I, 21.06.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.07.2016]